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administrator|ædˈmɪnɪˌstreɪtə(r), ˌædmɪnɪˈstreɪtɔː(r)|
[a. L. administrātor n. of agent, f. administrāre: see administer. Cf. Fr. administrateur (16th c. in Litt.).]
1. One who administers; one who manages, carries on, or directs the affairs of any establishment or institution; a steward, manager, or acting governor.
1533Bellendene Livy iii. (1822) 306 Quhilk is ane richt proffittabil thing in administratoris of grete materis. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. i. 177 Jesus Christ..is Gods Administrator General of the humane world. 1705Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) V. 627 Danish troops were marching to dislodge the forces of the administrator of Holstein. 1859Mill Liberty v. (1865) 68/1 The administrators of the Poor Rate throughout the country. 1880Daily News 15 Apr. 5/6 The Acting Administrator of Griqualand West.
2. absol. One who has the faculty of managing or organizing. Cf. manager.
1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 14 All the implements of war had been largely provided by Louvois, the first of living administrators. 1870Standard 16 Nov., What is really wanted for the pacification of Marseilles is a new superior administrator.
3. One who executes or performs the official duties of religion, justice, etc.; one who dispenses or ministers to the public in such matters.
1563J. Man Musculus' Com. Places 272 b, We bee not makers of sacramentes, but administrators of them. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 95 The Holiness which is the ground for the Administrator to baptize. 1865Maule in Cornh. Mag. Oct., 429 The answers to them by the judges may embarrass the administrators of justice.
b. One who applies, proffers, or gives anything.
1828Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846, I. xxxvi. 227 Bonds may hold the weak; the stronger break them, and strangle the administrator.
4. One to whom authority is given to manage estates, etc. for the legal owner during his minority, incapacity, etc.; a trustee, a steward. esp. in Sc. Law. ‘A person legally empowered to act for another whom the law presumes incapable of acting for himself’ (Encyc. Brit.), as the father of children under age.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 53 To be administrators of Abbeys, Bishopricks and other benefices. 1622Bacon Hen. VII (J.) Whether he did it in his own right, or as administrator to his daughter.
5. A person officially appointed to manage and dispose of the estate of one who dies without appointing executors, or whose appointed executors cannot or do not act; an executor dative.
1514Fitzherbert Justyce of Peas (1538) 127 Yf any person having shepe of his owne happen to be made executor or administratour. 1641Termes de la Ley 12, Administrator is he to whom the Ordinary committeth the administration of goods of a dead man for default of an Executor. 1824Dibdin Libr. Comp. 455 Would not trust them to the custody of a careless heir, or mercenary administrator. 1870Pinkerton Guide to Administr. 11 The administrator must bear in mind that he has nothing to do with the real estate of decedent.
Add:6. Law. An agent appointed by the courts to administer the affairs of a company under the terms of an administration order.
1982Rep. Rev. Comm. Insolvency Law & Pract. (Cmnd. 8558) ix. 117 We propose that in all cases..provision should be made to enable a person (whom we shall call an Administrator) to be appointed..with all the powers normally conferred upon a receiver and manager appointed under a floating charge, including power to carry on the business of the company and to borrow for that purpose. 1987Financial Times 19 May 9/5 Administrators are ‘an entirely new concept within the framework of the insolvency legislation in Great Britain,’ say PW. 1989Guardian 1 Aug. 11/8 An attempt by the company to have its own administrator appointed to try to save the business. 1992Independent 9 July 7/2 The Commons Social Security Committee is to call administrators of the Maxwell companies to give evidence. |